Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite to deliver high-speed mobile broadband

UK SATELLITE FIRM Inmarsat is to launch a "next generation satellite" to deliver its Global Xpress service, billed as the "world's first" high-speed mobile broadband service. The launch of the Inmarsat-5 F2 will take place on 1 February at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Inmarsat claims that investing $1.6bn into delivering Global Xpress will create the world's first globally available, high-speed mobile broadband service, delivered through a single network operator. Inmarsat's fifth-generation satellites were built by Boeing Satellite Systems International in California, and the launch is being undertaken by International Launch Services using a Proton launch vehicle. More

(Source: Inquirer - Jan 24)